Technically, the Windows directory is either:
C:\Windows
-or-
C:\WinNT
But it really doesn't matter, I executed the program from my secondary (D:)
folder where I take all download pacakges and had no problem with it.nt
Bill Gallik
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- Original Message -
From: Lisa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Fw: Something for the tips and tricks page.
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions about this timezone editor program. It says unzip
the file into your windows directory, does that mean I would move the file
into the directory and then unzip it, or would I unzip it first before I
move it? Also, where is the windows directory? I have never had to go in
there, so I don't know how to get to it. Thanks in advance to anyone who
can answer my questions!
Take care,
Lisa
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From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:11 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Fw: Something for the tips and tricks page.
From: Denny Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'David Ferrin' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:45 PM
Subject: Something for the tips and tricks page.
Windows and Daylight Saving Time
This issue is important if you live in the United States and have a
Windows
PC. Because of recent rule changes, Daylight Saving Time was extended
starting
in 2007, and unless you make some changes, your system's clock will not be
accurate. Unlike other problems that become a big deal when Microsoft does
this
or that, when this or that product is updated or discontinued, etc, this
issue has a very specific time at which it will bite you. At 2:00 AM local
time
on Sunday March 11, 2007, your system's clock will be one hour slow. This
will continue for three weeks, until the old rules call for Daylight
Saving
Time
to take effect, on Sunday April 1, 2007, at 2:00 AM. At that time,
everything will be back to normal, and you will have an accurate clock
once
again. The
problem will resurface at 2:00 AM on Sunday October 28, 2007, when the old
rule has Daylight Saving Time end, and last for one week, during which
time
your system clock will be one hour fast. There will be similar periods of
inaccuracy in future years. This document describes a way to fix this
problem
by editing your Windows timezone data to reflect the new changes. Windows
Vista has these changes installed already from the factory, so you don't
need
to worry about this if you're running Vista. In addition, there is an
update
for supported Windows operating systems to make these changes, but this
method
can be used if you don't want to bother with that. This method also works
on
operating systems that are no longer being supported by Microsoft, such as
Windows 95/98/98SE.
To do this, you first need to download the timezone editor program
here. http://www.bluegrasspals.com/tzedit.zip
Unzip the file into your windows directory. Now you need to run the
tzedit.exe program from the Start, Run dialog. A window will pop up. You
will be in
a list of the available timezones, with your current timezone already
selected. If you live in the United States, you will almost definitely
want
to edit
this timezone, so tab to the Edit button and click it. A new dialog will
come up. Tab over to the Daylight Saving Time section, and change the
combo
boxes for the days. Currently, the Start Day boxes will read First
Sunday
of April, and you want to change them to Second Sunday of March.
Likewise,
for the Last Day combo boxes, change them from Last Sunday in October
to
First Sunday in November. These are standard combo boxes, so arrowing
through
them will make all of this self-explanatory. Don't change the time edit
boxes or anything else. Click OK to save your changes. Now Shift+Tab
over
to
the list of timezones and arrow until you get to another timezone you want
to edit. For completeness, I always edit all of the US timezones. These
include
(GMT-05:00) Eastern (US and Canada), (GMT-06:00) Central (US and
Canada), (GMT-07:00) Mountain (US and Canada), (GMT-08:00) Pacific (US
and Canada);
Tijuana, and (GMT-09:00) Alaska. You don't need to edit (GMT- 10:00)
Hawaii, because Hawaii does not observe Daylight Saving Time. If you live
in
some parts of Mexico that use US Pacific Time, the Daylight Saving Time
dates have not changed. To deal with this, you will need to create a new
timezone,
set the GMT Offset to - 08:00 and use the old Daylight Saving Time dates
described above. When you're all done, click the Close button to exit
the
program.
Once you've edited your timezones, you need to go into your system's
Control
Panel, and select
